Why is it in this world that there are always people wanting to see you fail? Successful business woman and accomplished speaker Jude Kelly, Artistic Director, Southbank Centre talks here about two aspects to draw upon to overcome this external negativity.

A short interview with Dave Ridley who spent 27 years at Southwest in an array of senior executive roles and is now an advisor to the CEO. In it he gives us a glimpse of what he talks about in his powerful speeches.

Varun Sahni, Managing Partner, Impact Investment Partners and his colleagues believe that one of the greatest failures of our society is the criminal justice system. They are using the concept of information to help inmates become more integrated with society both while serving their time and upon release.

In this time of massive change Steve Cadigan, Silicon Valley based thought leader, advisor and coach, suggests that employees today may well join a boss not a company. In this short clip he discusses what leaders need to do to take advantage of this.

Sir Martin Narey, Government Advisor and former CEO of Barnardos, tells the 2013 Connect delegates to be open-minded and never underestimate the capacity to learn from other organisations, even if they appear to have nothing to do with what they do.

One of the challenges all leaders face as they succeed in their careers is not to assume that past successes must inevitably lead to future successes. In this short video, Dave Ridley, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at SouthWest Airlines puts the case that leaders should “always be learners” about their leadership style and have the humility to recognise that they might need to change.

Martin Narey, Government Advisor and Former CEO of Barnardos was kind enough to share his 9 rules of Leadership with our Connect members at On Your Marks 2013. Here is rule no.3 – Relentless Implementation!

Sophie Tranchell, Managing Director of Divine Chocolate joined our Social Innovation Panel at On Your Marks 2013. She shared her thoughts with our Connect members on Leadership in Social Innovation. Sophi Tranchell is a regular speaker at Wavelength events click …

Next week we kick off our Connect 2013 Programme with On Your Marks 12-14 March. We hope you are as psyched up and raring to go as we are. If you’re not quite sure what to expect, here is a little message from Liam to help you get into the right head space. We want you to join us with an open attitude and the best behaviours for learning.

In this members-only video Steve Nevey shares his insights on being the best: how you get winning performances by identifying and planning for the unexpected. In the talk, Steve draws on 22 years of experiences of working with Formula 1 and most recently Red Bull Racing.

Jude Kelly was amongst a fantastic line-up of speakers that joined us at our ‘On Your Marks’ event, part of our Wavelength Connect 2012 programme. Here she shares her punchy and provocative tips on how to be a good leader. Drawing on her wealth of experience as Artistic Director of the Southbank Centre one thing she encourages leaders is to embrace dilema – art is full of dilema and nuance – don’t run from it.

In this video Bobby Loeb describes how Herb Kelleher, Founder & CEO of Southwest Airlines, arm wrestled his way out of a lengthy court battle when the company inadvertently ran the same advertising campaign as a competitor.